Couple Accused Of Chaining Girl To Furniture

A Rogers couple accused of chaining a 5-year-old girl to a piece of furniture in their home has been arrested.

Rogers police began investigating the allegations after an officer was approached and told about the suspected abuse at a local business on Wednesday. Police said they then contacted the family at their home in the 500 block of North 10th Street and began investigating David Bridgeman, 26, and his wife, Jana Bridgeman, 29.

Three children were in the home when police arrived, and they were later removed by officers and interviewed by staff at the Children's Advocacy Center, police said.

Police served a search warrant on the home and said they found evidence a child had been chained to a piece of furniture. The Bridgemans were subsequently arrested and face felony charges of permitting the abuse of a minor, endangering the welfare of a minor in the first degree and false imprisonment in the first degree.

The couple was taken into custody without incident in Bentonville on Friday morning. They have appeared in Rogers District Court, and bond was set at $50,000 for Jana Bridgeman and $75,000 for David Bridgeman. They were transported to the Benton County Jail after the hearing.

The 5-year-old victim in the case was released to the custody of her biological mother by the Department of Human Services. Two other children in the home, girls ages 3 and 9, are in the custody of the Arkansas Department of Human Services.

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